Wednesday Huckleberries:

Richard Butler and the Aryan Nations followed a “territorial imperative” to establish a white kingdom in the Pacific Northwest and built a compound. But the Aryans failed to achieve their goal.

Now, the religious preppers of the American Redoubt movement are answering the siren call to move to the Inland Northwest. They want to be in a place to defend themselves when all hell breaks loose elsewhere. Already, Redoubters have endeared themselves to – and embedded themselves in – the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee. And they even have a catchy marching song.

In a YouTube video dated Feb. 22, a couple of good old boys with white beards at the Lordship Church CdA sang “The Redoubt Song.” The words and music were written by Warren M. Campbell. The tune sounds like an upbeat version of the old Gospel hymn “Are You Washed in the Blood?” Others might say that it offers a hint of the old Johnny Cash song “I Walk the Line.”

Here’s one verse: “Have you found a place where liberty dwells/A place where God, guns and freedom reign/From the church and the home/No grander life can tell/Without a doubt/You’re in the Redoubt.”

As the late Dick Clark of the old “American Bandstand” might say: The lyrics are so-so. But the tune is easy to dance to. Full column here.

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